Charlie Colin, a bassist and co-founding member of the pop-rock band Train , has died. He was 58. The musician was found dead after slipping and falling in the shower while house-sitting for a friend in Brussels, Belgium.
Colin’s mother confirmed the nature of the death to to TMZ . Further details about the incident have yet to be disclosed. Colin launched the pop-rock band Train alongside Pat Monahan, Rob Hotchkiss, Scott Underwood and Jimmy Stafford back in 1994.
“When I met Charlie Colin, front left, I fell in love with him,” a post, penned by Monahan, read on Train’s Instagram page Wednesday afternoon. “He was THE sweetest guy and what a handsome chap. Let’s make a band that’s the only reasonable thing to do.
His unique bass playing a beautiful guitar work helped get folks to notice us in SF and beyond. I’ll always have a warm place for him in my heart. I always tried to pull him closer but he had a vision of his own.
You’re a legend, Charlie. Go charm the pants off those angels.” A post shared by train (@train) The bassist worked with the group on its first three albums: “Train” (1999), “Drops of Jupiter” (2001) and “My Private Nation” (2003).
Train’s 2001 hit song “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me),” reached the No. 5 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and won two Grammy awards — Best Rock Song and Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s). Colin left the band in 2003.
He went on to join Days of the New in 2014, create a band cal.